Small states are often believed to have been resigned to the margins of international politics. However, the recent increase in the number of small states has i
This book studies how smaller Gulf states managed to increase their influence in the Middle East, oftentimes capitalising on their smallness as a foreign policy
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen documents the startling rise of the Arab Gulf States as regional powers with international reach and provides a definitive account of
This book, first published in 1994, provides a comprehensive treatment of a crucial set of geopolitical issues from a region where political developments are ob
The Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. Yet its en